Sand Leveling St Aug

how big of an area are we talking here?

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What type of sand? Mason? River?

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We need to all light a candle in his lawn's memory if it's river sand.

My brother leveled his entire St Aug yard with river sand! Worked out great!

OP, LSU AgCenter recommends not to exceed a depth of 2 inches when leveling with sand if you want the existing turf grass in the low spots to grow through it without smothering-killing the existing grass. Once the grass grows through, you can add additional fill up to 2 inches, …..repeat

1000 SQ FT.

Cleaned and Washed masonry sand.

Was planning on 1/4" and a little heavier in the bowl areas.

planning on feathering it in by hand and brushing it in

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1000 SQ FT.

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St aug is a little tougher to sand level due to usual height of cut being 3" or higher, so it is a bit challenging to really make sure the sand is evenly distributed. I'd mark any low spots or divots and make sure those get the most sand, and then space out shovels full over the rest of the area and let that 4' leveling rake rip. With such a small area, I would water the sand in by hand, making sure there are no areas where the sand completely covers the blades of grass. Watering it in by hand will have a sort of natural leveling effect since gravity will pull water and extra runoff sand to lower areas (this can't be achieved via sprinkler since the water can't pool fast enough to runoff to lower areas).

You'll see videos online of people covering the entire yard to the point that it looks like a beach. This is fine for bermuda but can kill st. aug FYI.

damn the torpedo (grass)

Gotcha. Yeah weed seeds are what I'm looking to keep out. Going with masonry sand

Wouldn't a sandy soil mix work better than just sand for all of the low spots?

My soil is fine. I don't need the nutrients from the topsoil. I need to just level. Any organic material in the topsoil will eventually work its way into the soil and the low spots will reappear.